St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art description and photos - Great Britain: Glasgow (Topic)

St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art description and photos - Great Britain: Glasgow. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The title in English is St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art.

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The Museum of St. Mungo is a museum of religion. It is located in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. There are only a few such museums in the world that cover the history of world and national religions and the activities of church organizations in such detail and in many ways (another - the State Museum of the History of Religion - is located in St. Petersburg).

The Museum in Glasgow was opened in 1993. It is located in Cathedral Square, next to Glasgow Cathedral. A building in a pseudo-medieval style was built especially for the museum to harmonize with the architectural ensemble of the square.

On three floors of the museum, there are four main exhibition halls: a gallery of religious art, a gallery of religious life, a Scottish gallery and a changing exhibition hall.

The expositions of the museum are devoted to the main world religions: Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Sikhism and Christianity. The main goal of the museum is to improve mutual understanding between people of different religions and faiths.

The museum will be interesting for both adults and children, here you can listen to people of different faiths, learn more about the faith and customs of different nations and think about eternal themes: about life, about death and what will happen after death. You can admire the grandiose statue of the god Shiva, study the lives of Christian saints in the bendy windows, meditate in a Zen garden, or admire intricate Islamic calligraphy. In the Scottish Gallery, you can learn more about the beliefs of the peoples who have lived in Scotland since ancient times. Also, much attention is paid to the issues of influence and interpenetration of religion and culture in human society.

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